CAMDA

The Caribbean Management Development Association (CaMDA) is a formal grouping of Private and Public Sector Professionals and institutions who are in the business of management development education and training. 

The association was launched in 1988 through the initiatives of the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD), the Commonwealth Secretariat, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Management Development Network (INTERMAN).

Today CaMDA is the synergy for management development in the Caribbean and provides the most effective network response to management development issues in the region.  CaMDA is the Association that puts your professional interest first, and serves and a unique unifying force for Caribbean professions from the Private and Public Sectors, the University System, Labour Unions, NGOs and members of the Social Partners, who are engaged in management development education and training.

Our Mission

Our mission is to promote the building of a Caribbean capacity for management development by supporting and strengthening institutions, organisations and individuals in the implementation of strategies and approaches to meet the unique challenges in the Caribbean cultural environment.

CaMDA was created primarily to provide opportunities for the sharing and exchange of ideas on management issues and also to enhance individual and institutional capacities, which impact on management development in the Caribbean.

Our Objectives:

1.         Regional Co-operation: -

To promote more effective communication, collaboration and co-operation among member institutions and management development practitioners to maximise available resources and their utilisation.

2.                  Integration of Management Development and National Plans:-

To promote the importance of developing management capabilities in the region and to seek to have management development integrated into the overall national and regional development plans

3.                  Networking:-

To promote among member institutions the exchange or personnel for professional development and the dissemination of information of management development activities at the national, regional and international level.

4.                  Institution Building:-

To assist private and public sector management development institutions/organisations in meeting their needs and requirement in the area of management training, management consultancy, management research and documentation.

5.                  National Associations:-

To encourage the development of national management development associations and to assist them in conducting local initiatives.

Membership

CaMDA membership comprises Management Development Institutions, Training units, Management Development Organisations and Caribbean professionals involved in management training and consulting in the English- speaking Caribbean and the Netherland Antilles.

Associate membership can be accorded to regional and international bodies as deemed fit by the Association.  The association may at any time invite distinguished individuals in the field of management development to be honorary members.

The organisation has a membership of over 110 persons and 10 organisations in the Caribbean and worldwide.